Display stand



Nov. 14, 1933. 1.. EBERT 1,934,846

DISPLAY STAND Filed June 18, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR Ladwzyiberl; BY/

g//W////////////d my ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 14, 1933 L DISPLAY STAND Ludwig Ebert, New York, N. Y., assignor of onehalf to Oberly & Newell 545 Pearl Street Corp., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 18, 1932. Serial No. 617,986

5 Claims. (01. 211-12) t This invention. relates to display devices in device as it appears upon the counter, completely general, and particularly to the kind upon which stocked with a plurality of individual, actual aractual articles of merchandise may be exhibited. ticles of merchandise.

The principal objects of the present invention Figure 2 is a perspective viewof my device in -5 are to provide an attractive, extremely simple, its shipping condition. 7' 60 inexpensive, readily assemblable or disassem- Figure 3 is a perspective view of my device with blable display device for actual articles of merthe merchandise left ofi. j chandise, which may be shipped assembled and Figure 4 is a plan View of thestan'ds or upfilled with merchandise, in commonly employed rights employed in my device.

-1 carriers, such as cardboard boxes, and which Figure 5 is a development, in plan view, of one 5 may be thus delivered to the dealer ready for of'the hollow members of my device.

display on his counter; the device having pro Figure 6 is a perspective view of my device visions for so accommodating the individual arparts, arra ed in t manner of their esp t v ticles ofmerchandise, as to allow the removal, assembly. V V

and to facilitate the replacement at any time of gu 7 is a Similar p p v View of Darts one or more of such articles in the device, within Which these pa illustrated in Figure are out disturbing the arrangement. of the other arshown already bled, Wh le the rest of the ticles still remaining therein, parts are in a position ready to be assembled, and ,Another important object of this invention is Figure 3 is a plain View Of a development of v 2 to provide in a device of this ,kind,,special1y de- Spacing and cle retaining ,means, p y

' signed spacing and article holding means,adaptw my device W being sh pp d inia m,-

ed to prevent themerchandise from leaving its men eelriel, $11011 as a cartonallotted position relative, to the device during Referring new the s, and star in with shipment, thereby assuringldelivery in its origi- Figure 4, numeral 10 denotes One Of the a y 25 nal assembly vas arranged t t place of t possible forms of an upright orustandard emshipper. j ployed in my device and consisting of a sheet of A further object of this invention is to provide mat rial ut ins pa s as t r an article display standwherein all parts, convide a base portion 11, an intermediate portion stituting the device, are so interlocked with one an pp portion and a p pp d 1 30 n th th t although e h part, itself i on 14; It will be observed from this figure that in structed of relatively, frail material, the assemthe b portion ep tWO Vertical rbled stand presents a sturdy support of remark- Ce While in the intermediate portion able carrying capacity. .7 T are seen vertical recesses 16. At the top of A. still further object'of my invention is'to so P and Separating t P t o from 35 construct certain parts of. thedevice, as to enupper end 14, there are provided horizontal re- 40 changing ones position in doing so.

able it to be swung or revolved about its centre cesses 17. The upper edges of these recesses axis, so that all of the merchandise held by the 'form projections or extensions, the purpose of stand may be inspected from any of its sides, rewhich will be expl in due Order- I the moved or replaced at will, without the necessity of arcuated top edges of the upright there are pro- 7 Y. vided Vertical recesses 18 for accommodating an- Still another ,object of my invention is to provO p Of d c h be d r bed vide in my device certain essential parts, origi p s t y- Portion 13 0f h upright 'p d' nally cut out from fiat'sheets, and constituting, W a long, Central, V ti al slot 19, extending when ready for assembly, relatively tubular memi intermediate portion 2 45 ,bers provided with means for receiving inter- At the right ha d illustration of Figure 4, thele locking extensions of a correspondingly shaped will be seen an upright member 20, also shaped retaining member, said extensions serving not in step-like fo and consisting a base D only .as locks, but also as spacers for the abuttion 21,,an intermediate portion 22, 'an,upper ting ends of said tubularmembers. 'portion23, and a top end 24. The same arrange- V 50 The foregoing and still further objects will bement'of recesses l5, 16, 17 and 18, isprovided .105

come more fully apparent'from the following dein the respective portions of the standard, cor- ,scription of preferred formsof ,my,device,'form'- responding to the recesses of standard member ing part of my disclosure, but not-intended to ,10, however, the longitudinal, vertical center'slot restrict meto the actual showing, and in which 19 in this part starts from the bottomfandter- 5 ,7 Figurq-ll a perspective view of my finished minates at thesame height at' which'slot 119 ,of ,lll)

' of Figure 6, is provided. While in the drawings only two standards are illustrated, arranged at right angles to one another, it is obvious, that more than a pair of uprights may be employed, and that their construction and shapes may be altered for the production of different display devices intended for variously sized and shaped merchandise.

By carefully observing Figure 4, it will become clearly evident that the resting faces or bases of standard members and are converging, that is to say, they are inclined towards their lowermost tip of their construction. By thus tapering these resting faces and 26 of the standards, a pivotal point for the device is provided, which point lies in the vertical center axis of the device. This arrangement makes possible to revolve the device about its center axis,while on display, thereby enabling the customers to select any of the articles carried by the device, and to permit the dealer to turn the device so as to expose the filled part of the device in the event some of the merchandise has been removed from other parts thereof. i

' Referring now to Figure 5, there is shown a development in plan view of a hollow member, forming one of the important parts. of the device structure. This member is made of sheet matec rial and consists of a plurality of columns 27, sepcontinuation of bending lines 29, there are provided recesses 31 adapted to engage the recesses 15, 16 and 15' and 16' of standards 10 and 20.

.Referring now to Figures 6 and 7, there are shown combination shelf-frame members 33 and 33 corresponding to the shapes and sizes of their respective hollow members, illustrated below. From their imier faces extend locking arrangements 34, adapted to interlock with slots 28 of the. hollow members. These combination shelf and frame parts are slipped over the respective portions constitute spacers for the slots, particjiularlyfor' those slots formed by recesses 30 at the abutting edges of the hollow members. The inner faces of the frame members hold the walls of the hollow members together; thereby keeping them in their desired shapes. 'of the'hollow members rest against and inter- The inner corners engage with the vertical edges of standards 10 and 20, in the manner shown at the bottom of Figure 7.

.In assembling my device, first the standard or upright members are joined in the manner shown at the bottom of Figure 6. The next step is to form-the larger or lower hollow member, and to slip it over the broader or lower edges of the standards, so that recesses 31 engage recesses .15, and 15"of base portions 17 andl'l. .Now the larger combination shelf and frame member 32 is slipped over thelower hollow'member'until it's bottom face rests against the upper edge of base portions 17 and 17- This first assembly is clearly illustrated at the bottom of Figure '7.

The next operation consists of slipping the smaller, folded-up hollow member over the upper portion of the standards, so that its recesses 31 engage recesses 16 'and'16 of that portion. Nowthe smaller shelf -frame member 32' is passed over the smaller hollow member and is carried down until its bottom face rests against the upper edges of the larger hollow member. After completion of this operation, the upper ends of the standards are secured together by top shelf or plate 36, which is provided with a cross-arrangement of slots 37 adapted to interlock with the arcuated end-portions 14 and 24, of the two standard members. These slots 3'7 are somewhat shorter than the upper end portions, so that when the slots are forced over the latter, the aforementioned projections or extension, formed above recesses 17 and 17', are temporarily compressed and instantly released, after having passed through the slots, and engage the upper surface of plate 36, whereby an interlocking connection between the standards and the plate is accomplished. Obviously, plate 36 rests against the up- .per edge of the smaller hollow member.

The completed device, without merchandise, is shown in Figure 3. It will be evident from the construction and interlocking arrangements, de scribed above, that although all the parts employed are produced from relatively thin' and frail material, the finished device presents a sturdy stand, capable of securely supporting even weighty articles of merchandise.

' A filled or stocked stand is illustrated in Figure 1, in which are shown relatively large merchan dise containers 38, sized and shaped so as to completely fill the space between the lower and the intermediate shelf member. Resting upon the latter, and abutting with the lower surface of top plate 36, there are somewhat smaller'con- .tainers 39, arranged also to completely encircle and fill the upper structureof the device.

In order to provide space for advertising or descriptive matter in connection with my device, I have arranged a display member 10, provided with suitable recesses, adapted to engage the aforementioned recesses 18 and 18' of the arcuated upper ends of the standards, whereby member 40 maybe securely held in place. When not in use this advertising member is folded in the manner indicated in Figure 2 in dotted lines, and is adapted to serve in its folded position for another purpose which will be explained presently.

Referring now to Figures 2 and 8. The latter figure represents sheet of material, from which lar members 43, also provided with recesses, indi- 1 55:

ca ed at 44, which latter are adapted to interlock with recesses' lZ of the outer rim member in the manner illustrated Figure2. The aforementionedparts of my device, illustrated in Figures 2 and 8,7are primarily intended for facilitating Li-l) boxing, shipping and undisturbed delivery of the display stand; together with the merchandise stocked thereupon in desired combination, so that,

from its carrier; I Rim or frameel and angular members 43 serve as spacers, ,between the device withits merchandiseand the carrier; 'suchas a carton, box orithe like; sular members 43'arepreferably' placerl between the cross-formed arcuated upper ends of the standards, as may be clearly seen from Figure 2. During shipment, the display extension 40, shown set up in Figure 1, is collapsed in the .manner indicated in Figure 2 in dotted lines, and is placed folded on top of the cross, formed by angular members 43, and serves thereby as a guard against damage to the spacer structure of my device.

In recapitulation of the principal features of my invention, it becomes clear that I not only provide a unique display device structure for supporting a considerable load of actual articles of merchandise, but that I enable thereby the shipment of such merchandise as a unit with the stand, ready to be displayed when delivered, and

without any bother to the dealer. My device further facilitates the ready removal and replacement of the merchandise, while its construction permits revolving of the stand about its centre axis without the employment of expensive arrangements for just such purpose. The bulkless manner of packing and shipping reduces the cost to the ultimate consumer, and saves annoyance for both the shipper and receiver.

The foregoing description deals with a specific construction of my device, in which a substantially rectangular configuration of parts is maintained. It is obvious, however, that the same principle of construction may be employed for producing article display devices for holding different shapes of merchandise, and that their sizes, heights and forms may be varied, as well as the step-like formation indicated, and that only one,

or more than two hollow members may be readily utilized for supporting a different arrangement of merchandise. The drawings illustrated and described are intended to merely serve for explanatory purposes, and in view of the necessity of providing different designs for the accommodation of numerous merchandise of specific shapes, it is self-evident that .it will be required to modify the designs and shapes of the standards and the different parts of my device accordingly. Thus, it may be advantageous that instead of using substantially rectangular forms, the device parts may receive the general outlines of circular, elliptical, hexagonal, octagonal, oblong, oval or any other suitable configuration; which modifications are too numerous to be illustrated in the drawings.

Be it understood, therefore, that I shall have the right to modify or alter the construction .of my device within the broad scope of my idea, as defined by the annexed claims.

I claim:

1. A device of the class described, comprising 7 in combination, a plurality of interengaging uprights having bases, converging towards the vertical centre axis of, and adapted to form a pivotal point for the device, a hollow member in engagement with. said uprights, a frame for said hollow member, and means provided with the latter and said frame forinterlocking the frame with said hollow member relative to one another.

2. A device of the class described, comprising in combination, a plurality of uprights centrally interconnected with one another and having bases converging towards the lowermost terminus of their vertical centre axis, so as to form a pivotal central point for the device, a plurality of hollow members arranged in pyramid form about and in engagement with said uprights, a plurality of frame or shelf members, arranged instep formation and corresponding in numbers and size's'to that of the hollow members, and in peripheral engagement with said hollow members, saidlatter members and said frame or shelf members provided with interlocking and spacing means, and a top member in interlocking engagement with the upper ends of said uprights.

3. A device of the class described, comprising in combination, a pair of centrally interconnected uprights having step-like outer contours arranged symmetrically about the center axis of the device, the base edges of said uprights converging from their outer ends towards the lowermostterminus of their common, vertical centre axis, so as to form a central, raised, pivotal point for the device, a plurality of hollow members surrounding the step-like formations. of said uprights and in interlocking engagement with the latter, said hollow members serving, in part, as

spacers between portions of said uprights and conforming in sizes to the respective step-like tion of uprights, interlocking frame work having bases converging towards the lowermost terminus of their common, centre axis so as to form a central, pivotal point for thedevice, a plurality of symmetrically arranged steps formed in the uprights, hollow members, provided with vertical slots, surrounding the steps of-the frame work and interlockingly-engaging the latter, shelf frames embracing each of the hollow members and having locking and spacer provisions in engagement 1 with the slots of the hollow members, a top shelf member engaging and interlocked with the frame work and holding .the uppermost hollow member against disengagement from the frame work.

5. In a device of the class described, a device part shaped from one piece of sheet material,

the ends of which are brought together so as to' abut and to form a hollow member, a plurality of equally spaced, equally'wide, longitudinal, par- 'allelly arranged, slots provided in said member,

the abutting ends of said hollow member having recesses adapted to form, when the ends of the hollow member are brought together, a slotof a widthequal to that of other slots, a shelf frame surrounding and in engagement with the hollow member and provided with interlocking means adapted to slip into, and hold together the edges of said slots, while at the same'time serving as spacers between the edges of the slots, particularly for the slot formed at the abutting ends of said hollow member. Y

LUDWIG EBERT. 

